"CIVIC" would now be the name of a trendy eaterie of course. Have you tried their 'nduja Scotch egg? It's divine
Austen Lamacraft
This was our one in Cambridge. Established in WWII during rationing, councils were allowed to keep them open so long as they were not subsidised. Cambridge kept going until the early 1970s! www.cambridgehistorian.co.uk/photographs/...
Antony Carpen
the generation who can remember our state-owned cafes are mostly dead, although plenty of people in Carlisle remember state-owned pubs
